I am not arguing in support of this claim that Trump sent the tax returns to the NY Times. I am merely suggesting the possibility of such given his rather playful relationship with the media...much to their own trepidation.
How is it helping him? The low information, non-taxpayers don’t have a clue.
It wouldn’t surprise me if the Trump campaign leaked it. Look how quickly and well prepared Giuliani and Christie were able to defend it shortly afterward.
Wait, during Debate #1 —which was 5 days before the tax return release— Hillary was spouting off about, “maybe he’s not AS RICH as he sez..!!!”
And, PRESTO..!
THAT is what the return did say..!
Doesn’t that seem A LITTLE suspicious..?
This is just carry-over from the very real time he DID punk the media;
“Yeah, I’m Donald’s publicist, lemme tell ya how it all went down...”
And all presstitute “geniuses” FELL for it..!
Most likely leaked by the NY state government I think.
What if he leaked it but changed the numbers?
Make it looks like he hasn’t paid taxes for decades because of a “big” loss
1995 was not a good year for Trump but maybe the numbers are fudged to get Hillary to fall for it and NYT to loose all credibility over the issue
Debate #2 Trump comes back swinging with 20 years of tax returns at hand with him paying the highest taxes anyone on stage has ever seen
What an in your face moment that would be.
Hillary and the NYT would be destroyed at that point.
It’s simple, if he files charges for the unauthorized release, he didn’t leak it; if he does not file charges, it’s because he did.
I doubt Trump leaked it. Too much ignorance out there per corporate structures and tax code. Can only hurt though it is actually entirely innocent.
If leaked by an accountant, Trump should sue them for breach of privacy.
Likely leaked by someone in the state/fed tax office (IRS if fed). There may be circumstances under audit where state tax forms are requested by IRS.
Should be easy to see if leaked by tax entity. There will be a computer audit trail of who accessed the records.
Trump needs to get that info subpoenaed and pounce!
I have been convinced from the minute it happened that Trump did it.
Wait for the other shoe to fall: Releasing the rest. Thanks to the NYT we’ve all gotten the explanations up-front for the tax-loss-carryforward.
True, the libtards don’t understand it. But that can’t be helped. There must be at least some of them that understand the basics of real estate investing and taxes.
I am hoping the final summary shows how he has paid $Billons in taxes, probably including some substantial personal income taxes. Right before the next debate would be good.
both my wife and i wondered the same thing.
I told hubby this exact thing. Ha!